Doxie Witter Hogue
May 2, 1917 - June 25, 2006
Obituary
Doxie Witter Hogue
Doxie was born on May 2, 1917 and died peacefully in her sleep at home on Sunday morning, June 25th. She grew up in Spokane, attending Lewis and Clark high school. Doxie attended the UW in Seattle pledging Chi Omega. After graduation she went to work for Pacific National Bank and A. W. Hogue, the father of Philip N. Hogue whom she married June 19, 1942. She followed Phil as he served in the Army Medical Corps in Colorado and Europe, living in New York when he went overseas. They spent time in Evanston, Illinois as Phil finished residency before moving back to Seattle where she made a lovely home in the same house since 1950. Doxie was a wonderful mother and beloved aunt and grandmother. She was active through the years in the Children’s Orthopedic Guild, the Women’s University Club and University Presbyterian Church. She and Phil began skiing in their forties and took annual ski trips as well as many vacations in Hawaii and across the globe with friends. She enjoyed old and new friendships in many circles even following the death of her beloved husband of 57 years in 1999. Her son, Larry and wife Robyn, her two grandchildren, Evan and Dan, niece Cathie and husband Chuck, nephew Jim and wife Marilyn, and nephew Bert and wife Karen and their children Bryan, Madelyn and Alison survive her. Her memorial service will be held at University Presbyterian Church, 4540 15th Ave. N.E., Seattle, 98105 on Monday, July 3rd at 2 pm. Donations in her name may be made to the church or to Providence Hospice of Seattle Foundation, 425 Pontius Avenue North, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109.
She was truly a lovely lady! And I’m sure I speak for Claudia and Dave, too!
Larry, I remember your mom as a gentle, smiling woman with great grace. I know she was an awesome mother because of her son! I have you and your family in my heart and prayers.
‘Aunt Doodie’…Doxie Hogue was my father’s sister. He loved her and always spoke fondly of her until his death in 1992. My few memories of her were always wonderful, including a summer spent in Seattle, where I learned to put salt on watermelon, play cribbage, and not walk across slippery logs over creeks in the woods…I fell off and thought I was going to drown before my aunt rescued me. I will always regret not having been able to spend more time in her company.